26. Then Adonai said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous people within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27. Then Abraham answered and said, “Look, pray, I have decided to speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.
28. Suppose the fifty righteous people are lacking five. Will You destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
29. So he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Perhaps forty will be found there?” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”